First All-Female Spacewalk completed by Jessica Meir and Christina Koch.

NASA Astronauts Completed First All-Female Spacewalk

Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, NASA astronauts, conducted the first all-female spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. At around 7:38 a.m. ET, the spacewalk began and ended at 2:55 p.m. ET. It went well, according to the two, and they were even able to accomplish some get-ahead tasks on the station. They were able to see the Earth pass beneath their feet.

Over the past 35 years, 12 US women have conducted 40 spacewalks.

Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman to conduct a spacewalk in 1984, followed by NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan. Over the past 35 years, 12 US women have conducted 40 spacewalks.

President Trump was thrilled to meet the two female astronauts.

Koch and Meir spoke about women working in human spaceflight during a recent news conference.

Meir and Koch have been training for six years. They know that it is a historic achievement. They wanted to give credit to the women who came before them. Koch and Meir spoke about women working in human spaceflight during a recent news conference.

According to Koch, the all-female spacewalk is vital because of the historical nature of what they are doing. In the past, women haven't always been at the table. For them, they have inspired others.

Both Koch and Meir are Girl Scouts alum.

Meir added that what they are doing now shows all the work that went in for the decades prior, all of the women that worked to get where they are today. 

Both Koch and Meir are Girl Scouts alum, and the Girl Scouts celebrated them by sharing messages of support on Twitter.

Meir and Koch have trained together for the past six years because they're members of the same astronaut class.

She and Koch have trained together for the past six years because they're members of the same astronaut class. Meir is set to spend more than six months onboard the station.

The future spacewalks will help substitute solar array batteries and enhance them to lithium-ion batteries, as well as restore the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a scientific instrument "that explores the fundamental nature of the universe," according to NASA.

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